*New Film* Lucky Man

[Dazza]

Hi Guys

Here is a short film just over 4 minutes long that I have put together. I have basically been able to make something out of both old and new footage that I had which seems to go together quite nicely I thought.

I like some of the camera shots I have used on the new footage, the close ups which I haven’t really used that much before and the scene where Barry gets beaten up with the crow bar and the axe.

I have also experimented with the film effects, the current day shots are in black and white where as the shots in the film which are being recalled from Barry’s memory I have used an old grainy effect and in the beating scene I have gone for a red overview. The sound is ok I think it is the best I am going to get it.



Let me know what you think.

Cheers
Dazza ;D

[wiggy]

hi dazza, ill be the first then... some great ideas in there, you are getting more artistic and adventurous which is great, how did you do the gun shot? was it a starter pistol? i see you still had issues with your sound, to do a voice over get yourself a desktop mic and record through windows voice recorder or something, it wont be great quality but it would be a lot more clear i think, that was the only downside really the sound, the timing is wrong at the end also. good effort though. with you bieng as experimental as you are you should check out this effects program it is really good, i have had from the very beggining when it was called alam dv but it has come on leaps and bounds since then, you can check out thousands of short films people have done just to get a taste of what the program can achieve.
fxhome.com
keep up the good work... you should win a prize for the fastest turnover of short films, it takes me bloody yonks.

[RydCook]

hello mate, just watched it, and i rather enjoyed it. i recognised the footage from some of your other films, it's great how you've used the footage to make a story for this new film, a rather good idea.

as wiggy said, the sound is rather dodgy, the voice over is too quiet. had some good shots in there, a good variety to keep it interesting. I still think there could have been more shots though, especially when the guy was hitting you, and more of the aftermath of that guy axeing you. the POV bit was cool, and how it cut to red was a nice idea, good use of effects, made it easier to understand what was now, and what was then, and exactly what the character (the narrator) is talking about. good effort dazza

[Hyde]

I have no headphones so I cant watch it without being able to hear the voice over so I'll wait till I have headphones, looking forward to it!

[Dazza]

Hi Wiggy, that website is pretty impressive, I saw the example where the guy was stood in front of a green backdrop and with the software all of a sudden its changed into a building as a backdrop, it looks like awesome software to get. Also thanks for the tip about windows voice recorder, I didnt realise it was there so will try it out, before i was recording via a mike on windows moviemaker then importing that into Sonic Vegas. The gunshot was a blank fireing pistol i got off the internet, think it cost about £30 and £5 for 100 blanks so yea bit like a starter pistol.

Hi Ryd, yea I managed to find some use for bits and pieces that I had used before which was good, I have had a nightmare with the voiceover for this one no matter how loud I spoke on the mike it just didnt seem to all gel together very well. I had three seperate audio bands one the voiceover which I had on the highest volume setting, the music which I had pretty low and the voice of the guy recorded with the camera. Maybe I should have recorded my voice on the video camera possibly instead of using the mike through moviemaker.

[wiggy]

hi dazza
i thought you had recorded your voice over on the camera! it would be the best idea, i usually do, so that the sound quality is the same throughout, just capture the sound from your camera instead of the video and sound.

[RydCook]

yeah do it by the camera, you could capture both video and sound, then just delete the video clip.. eeaasy. always the best way if you don't have a mic.

[Dave]

Yeah.. and most editing packages have a 'capture sound only' option.

Also a capture video only option too for when you know that you won't be using the sound on a clip.. say in a musical montage etc.